Screenplay: Clifford Odets

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Clifford Odets. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Sweet Smell of Success

1957 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Alexander Mackendrick

Cast Burt Lancaster · Tony Curtis · Susan Harrison · Martin Milner

Plot A columnist (Burt Lancaster) and a press agent (Tony Curtis) tear into the maelstrom of midtown Manhattan's night creatures in a sinister game that involves money, power and ultimately survival.

7.6

4K votes

7.6

4K votes

Clash by Night

1952 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Fritz Lang

Cast Barbara Stanwyck · Paul Douglas · Robert Ryan · Marilyn Monroe

Plot Mae Doyle (Barbara Stanwyck) returns to the safe haven of her hometown, a small fishing community in Monterey, California. Upon her arrival, she is befriended by young woman (Marilyn Monroe)...

7.2

2K votes

7.2

2K votes

Humoresque

1946 · Movie · 125 min. · United States

Direction Jean Negulesco

Cast Joan Crawford · Oscar Levant · John Garfield · Joan Chandler

Plot Helen Wright, a neurotic society woman, sets her sights on ambitious young violinist Paul Boray, who returns her love, but is undeterred from his music. She becomes his patroness, helping...

7.0

526 votes

7.0

526 votes

The Country Girl

1954 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction George Seaton

Cast Bing Crosby · Grace Kelly · William Holden · Anthony Ross

Plot Washed up singer/actor Frank Elgin has a chance to make a come-back when director Bernie Dodd offers him the leading role in his new musical. Frank however is very insecure,...

6.7

701 votes

6.7

701 votes

Golden Boy

1939 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Rouben Mamoulian

Cast Barbara Stanwyck · William Holden · Adolphe Menjou · Lee J. Cobb

Plot Joe Bonaparte's father wants him to pursue his musical talent; but Joe wants to be a boxer. Persuading near-bankrupt manager Tom Moody to give him a chance, Joe quickly rises...

6.7

289 votes

6.7

289 votes

The Big Knife

1955 · Movie · 111 min. · United States

Direction Robert Aldrich

Cast Jack Palance · Ida Lupino · Wendell Corey · Jean Hagen

Plot Charles Castle is a successful Hollywood actor who has opted for screen success over art. He must make critical decisions regarding his career...

6.5

397 votes

6.5

397 votes

The Story on Page One

1959 · Movie · 123 min. · United States

Direction Clifford Odets

Cast Rita Hayworth · Anthony Franciosa · Gig Young · Mildred Dunnock

Plot When Jo Morris' marriage turned sour and heartless, she found sympathy and companionship with widower Larry Ellis. After Jo's husband is accidentally killed in a struggle over a gun with...

6.2

76 votes

6.2

76 votes

From This Day Forward

1946 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction John Berry

Cast Joan Fontaine · Mark Stevens · Rosemary DeCamp · Harry Morgan

Plot In flashbacks, the 1938 courtship and marriage of young machinist Bill Cummings and bookstore clerk Susan are recalled: newlywed bliss, unemployment and other tribulations, opportunity with a hidden drawback, war...

6.1

109 votes

6.1

109 votes

The General Died at Dawn

1936 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Lewis Milestone

Cast Gary Cooper · Madeleine Carroll · William Frawley · Dudley Digges

Plot In revolution-torn China, American mercenary O'Hara is entrusted with a perilous mission, to get arms for the helpless authorities in a province ravaged by warlord General Yang. On the train...

6.1

213 votes

6.1

213 votes

Deadline at Dawn

1946 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Harold Clurman · William Cameron Menzies

Cast Susan Hayward · Paul Lukas · Bill Williams · Joseph Calleia

Plot A sailor on leave appears to have killed a woman. He has until dawn to find the real killer, aided by a weary dance hall girl.

6.0

88 votes

6.0

88 votes

None But the Lonely Heart

1944 · Movie · 113 min. · United States

Direction Clifford Odets

Cast Cary Grant · Ethel Barrymore · Barry Fitzgerald · June Duprez

Plot A sickly English woman runs a store by herself, while her irresponsible son travels aimlessly, refusing to contact her. When told that his mother has cancer, the young man comes...

5.8

243 votes

5.8

243 votes

Wild in the Country

1961 · Movie · 114 min. · United States

Direction Philip Dunne

Cast Elvis Presley · Hope Lange · Tuesday Weld · Millie Perkins

Plot Elvis stars as Glenn Tyler, a southern boy from a rural, poverty-stricken background, who has just been released from juvenile hall.

4.8

160 votes

4.8

160 votes

The Richard Boone Show (TV Series)

1963 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Richard Boone · Robert Gist · Harry Morgan · Robert Butler

Cast Robert Blake · Lloyd Bochner · Richard Boone · Laura Devon

Plot TV Series (1963-1964). 1 seasons. 25 episodes. An anthology series starring Richard Boone as host and actor.

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American Playhouse (TV Series)

1982 · Series · 90 min. · United States

Not rated

Not rated